Introduction
It began with a catastrophic miscalculation. In a desperate bid to curb rising crime, the South Korean government passed the "Sovereign Defense Act," a controversial law that legalized the unrestricted ownership and open carry of all weaponry for "self-defense." It was intended to create a polite society; instead, it created a slaughterhouse.
Civil order collapsed overnight. Seoul descended into an orgy of violence, resulting in the death of 5.6 million citizens in a matter of months. Police forces were overrun, and the military retreated, cordoning off the capital and declaring it a no-man's-land.
Fearing the spread of the anarchy, the government attempted a "final solution." They bombarded the sealed city with an experimental chemical agent intended to liquidate the remaining population. They failed.
Instead of killing the inhabitants, the chemical bonded with their physiology. The survivors of Seoul didn't die—they hardened. They became something post-human: possessing denser muscle fibers, higher adrenaline thresholds, and an unnatural resistance to physical trauma. They could withstand stabs, gunshots, and beatings that would kill a normal human instantly more than normal. The government abandoned the city entirely, and the "Red Zone" was born—a lawless, walled-off hellscape where the strong do not just survive; they thrive.
In the vacuum of law, chaos found a new structure. Powerful clans rose from the ashes to carve up the ruins of the city. Some, like the Wolf, operate with a code of honor and protection for the weak. Others, like the twisted remnants of the Gojo under the usurper Taira and the mysterious Kurimuzon, seek only domination and profit.
Amidst this neon-lit brutality walks Mayu, the sole survivor of the Original Gojo Clan. Once part of a noble family of warriors, her life was shattered during a bloody civil war orchestrated by Taira, who got her friends slaughtered to seize power. Now, Mayu has returned from the shadows. She is no longer just a soldier; she is a ghost of vengeance. In a city where everyone is hard to kill, she is determined to prove that Taira and his traitors are not immortal.
